Homemade Wedding Favors

One of the most fun and rewarding wedding crafts is to make your own homemade wedding favors. Do it yourself wedding favors are a way to say thank you to your guests. Plus, wedding favor crafts are so easy and cheap to make yourself if you use a little creativity.

A favor is a little token of the two of you, presented to everyone. A favor can be a keepsake that the guests take home, or an edible favor that is likely to be eaten before dinner is served. Some favors help guests join in the celebration (noisemakers, bells, etc) or are functional at the actual wedding (such as champagne glasses). Others, like wedding CD favors are to be enjoyed by guests later. Another popular choice is to use seed packet wedding favors which are decorative, symbolic and functional. So may wedding favor crafts! So little time!

Here you'll find many ideas and instructions on how to make your own favors, as well as suggestions on where to get supplies. Whether you want edible, functional or keepsake favors, you'll find many unique ideas and instructions here for wedding favor crafts!

Wedding Favor Soap Making - Make your own wedding soap favors using the simple melt and pour soap method! Choose scents you love and get creative with packaging!

Wedding Favors for Kids - DIY Activity Books - Have kids at your wedding reception? Keep them busy and entertained by making some personalized activity books! These are great favors for kids and give them something to do while people are giving speeches.

CD Wedding Favors - A discussion of how to create homemade CD wedding favors and if this is the right choice for you and your guests. Also check out the related Wedding CD Label & Wedding CD Cover article to get instructions on customize the look of your CD favors.

Wedding Cookie Table - Let your guests pick their favorite cookies in a to go box! Great fun for guests and can be done on the cheap.

Wedding Cookie Recipe - Delicious and easy cookie favors! Use cut-outs to create yummy favors that your guests will enjoy. These can be freezed for a couple weeks so you can make them ahead of time--no last minute panic!

Packaging Ideas

DIY Favor Boxes - These diy favor boxes are customizable and can be created just out of a single sheet of paper!

Custom Stamps for Homemade Wedding Favors - A must read if you are looking for a way to personalize favors or other aspects of your wedding. Create your own personalized and custom stamps to decorate your favors with!

I have to say I've been to quite a few weddings where the favors were left on the tables. Did the guests not know they were favors? Did they just not want them? This made me begin to wonder if they were necessary at all for my own wedding. I've also been to a few weddings where there weren't any favors, and if I wasn't in ultra-wedding-planning-mode (where I took note of every little detail) I probably would have missed them. However, I've come to realize that the unique and personalized favors always make it home with the guests. Do it yourself wedding favors get noticed!

I went to a wedding last May and I didn't feel any attachment to the little mass-produced wedding favors that were arranged on the tables. I could have gone out and bought the $1.00 favor myself and I'd seen them a million times at other weddings. However, when I see a favor that is personalized and/or homemade it makes me feel like I got a little glimpse into the couple's personal world. It feels friendly. It feels genuine. It can even feel a bit sentimental or romantic.

An example of a great favor I recently saw was what my friends Arlene & Wendell used at their wedding. They baked mini ginger breads and put them in cellophane tied with a red ribbon. I don't think there was a single crumb left on the tables at the end of the night! They are both professional chefs, and Arlene is known for her bread baking, so it was a wonderful, personal glimpse into their lives...what they are all about. You don't have to be a professional chef to come up with excellent, homemade wedding favors though!

Anyway, the choice is yours. You can certainly skip the favors altogether if you want, but they are the ultimate place to personalize and do it yourself in weddings! Favors are a little token of yourselves that you give to your guests. Homemade wedding favors can be based on a theme, a hobby, a passion that the two of you have. It can highlight a skill or interest (in Arlene & Wendell's example, they are chefs so it was natural that they used food) or it can be symbolic of something you want to convey. It could commemorate how or where the two of you met or have something to do with your backgrounds.

I can't tell you what to pick for your homemade wedding favors, but I can offer you a lot of inspiration! One more thing, making favors with your fiancé (or friends, family, etc) is a fun project AND it will likely save you money.